Friday, October 31, 2008

Winter:That magical time of year when the landscape changes to a crystalline vision of snowy lanes in the North, and perhaps a holiday-festooned palm tree for those in the South! Wherever you celebrate winter, CGGE wants you to look to the 4th season to find inspiration for the November challenge. Have fun celebrating the holidays, re-create a frosty scene in glass, turn down the temperature of your studio if you have to! Just feel winter in your bones and translate that to some beautiful challenge entries!

The contest begins November 1 and ends promptly at 11:59 PM on November 25th.Each member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass.The entry must be listed in your Etsy shop.All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.

Voting will be open to all Etsy members and the winner of the challenge will be featured on our CGGE Home Page.

Jsglassart’s Stacey calls the Bay area in California home. She has been working in glass for 10 years and although she started out working in stained glass, she quickly fell in love with fused glass. At the present time she does mostly commissions and custom work and has been featured in several blogs. She is not only an active member of CGGE but also of the San Francisco Etsy team (Sfetsy). Her blog is: http://jsglassart.com/blog/.

she states that “the ony way to grow as an artist is to challenge yourself with new mediums and take big scary leaps in the process. Delving into glass as a molten medium has been an exciting, sometimes traumatic experience. It has challenged me and given me moments of joy as I bring a piece to life…I don’t just make and sell jewelry….I create precious art and wait patiently for a wonderful person to adopt it as their own.” Taking a risk has certainly paid off for Mishy.

Friday, October 3, 2008

As the title implies, this is a good time of year for all of us to think of the things in our lives that we are thankful for -- our families, our health, our freedoms, and so much more. Each person’s blessings are as diverse as their individuality. Therefore, we encourage you to pause, observe and reflect on the things that bring you joy, serenity and happiness. Visualize in your mind a work of art that encompasses those feelings. Now head for the studio and create your inspired entry for this month's CGGE Challenge using the theme "Thankful for....".

The contest begins October 1 and ends promptly at 11:59 PM on October 25th. Each member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass. The entry must be listed in your Etsy shop. All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.

Voting will be open to all Etsy members and the winner of the challenge will be featured on our CGGE Home Page.

So CGGE artists, put your thinking caps on again this month and let the world know what you’re especially thankful for in you life.

About this site

This blog is designed to be the central processing for monthly Creative Glass Guild of Etsy (CGGE) challenges. Each month, we will have a new challenge theme, entries from CGGE members to be posted to our Flickr group between the 1st and midnight on the 25th of the month. Voting is open to everyone. Voting will take place from midnight on the 25th to midnight of the 28th. We will be including pictures and links for each challenge item, and will be hosting our voting at this location. Our team is comprised of members who make handcrafted glass work and sell our work on Etsy. Please visit the CGGE main website for more information about our team and how to join or click the links above for more information.